I own three. Quarter Midgets actually. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Federico Lorenzi Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 2:13 PM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: Freerunner-powered bike ride
Go karts, actually. :) On 8/2/08, steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This community rocks. Jetskis or hang gliders anyone? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Konstantin > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 12:55 PM > To: List for Openmoko community discussion > Subject: Re: Freerunner-powered bike ride > > Hi there! > >> Hi community! >> >> Just want to drop a line that I today made my first bike ride with a >> Freerunner mounted on the handle bar of my bike. If someone is >> interested I could take some photos to show what the mount-kit looks >> like and how the Freerunner fits in. > > [x] Interested! :) > >> It's a universal mobile phone bike-mount-kit by LesCars (don't want >> to push the brand, but there are only few mount-kits for bikes out >> there) [1]. All ports (USB, GPS, audio) and the 2 buttons are usable >> with this mount-kit. >> >> With tangoGPS I had a lot of fun riding around town exploring new >> roads for Openstreetmap. ;) >> >> The next step would be a dynamo-powered charger for the Freerunner. I >> read an article in the german computer magazine ct [2] about creating >> a converter for charging USB devices while riding your bike with a >> hub-dynamo. The article provides detailed instructions for building >> it yourself, but I don't have the necessary soldering skills. So I'll >> have to ask soldering-experts... ;) > > Interestingly, that's precisely the thing I had in mind. I just bought > a bike today, and am planning to somehow build the c't usb-charger for > a bike (probably with some friends with soldering-skills, too ;) ) > some time in the not too distant future. Maybe we can exchange > experiences with that :) > >> Happy ridin! >> >> André >> >> >> [1] description in german: http://www.pearl.de/a-PX2065-4044.shtml >> [2] ct magazine 23/2007 page 190, german language >> (http://www.heise.de/kiosk/archiv/ct/07/23/190) > > So long, > Konstantin > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community